Untitled (Car)

Details

Peter Fischli (b. 1952) & David Weiss (1946-2012)
Untitled (Car)
black rubber
7½ x 23¼ x 9½in. (19 x 59 x 24cm.)
Executed in 1986-1987, this work is from an edition of six

Provenance

Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich.
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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Please note this work is from an edition of six and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

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Known for grappling with the ordinary and everyday, Fischli and Weiss deliberately and humorously blur the lines between high art and mass culture, and Untitled (Car) is a droll take on technology and progress. Stripped to its most essential form absent any stylised detailing, the automobile has been reduced to an anonymous model. By casting the car in matte black rubber, the artists have rendered it impotent; as the ultimate symbol of freedom, Untitled (Car) remains eternally fixed in place.

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